**Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 in five lines. My elementary school teacher taught this form: Line 1:Noun. Line2:Description of Noun. Line 3:Action. Line 4:Feeling or Effect. Line 5:Synonym of the initial noun. I decided to combine both. I immediately encountered an insurmountable problem: Candlelight is three syllables. So just pretend (say it in your head like its only two syllables, you can do it!), because I already had the d*mned thing composed in my head and it just didn’t seem right with just candle as the first word. Work with me people, I am special.

I’ve been trying to write one haiku a week and I know what you mean about those problems. But I notice nobody else seems to notice. And their writing is beautiful. Your poem is peaceful and mysterious. I enjoyed it so much.